Acullá Gin

Acullá Gin is the story of passion, innovation, and respect for nature. The Quesada Lucero family moved to Ensenada, Baja California, in 1998 with a simple wish - to live a healthy and natural lifestyle. Their plan was to grow their own food, raise their own sheep, and, one day, start a vineyard. Everything is farmed organically, and they create their own compost using local resources to create a mare vibrant soil. In 2008, Aldo Quesada, the winemaker in the family, planted his first grapes. Ever since then, they have making Natural Wines under their own brand, Viñas del Tigre. In 2020, after many years of experimentation, Aldo created his own distillery onsite and named it Acullá. Aldo takes his same farming and winemaking ethos to Acullá. He uses only local ingredients, nearly all of which come from his own farm. The distillery came about because Aldo was composting all of his pressed grape skins. However, he wanted another project, and he bought a copper pot still so that he could try making his own, homemade Grappa. After making Grappa, he has also added Vodka and Gin to his portfolio.

Acullá Gin is made using both traditional and modern methods. Unlike most Gins, it actually uses wine as its base. This is a much more complex process as you must first make the wine and then convert it into the spirit. First, the wine goes through the copper pot still to create a low-proof spirit. Then, it is put into a column still to create a high-proof spirit. Finally, after it is proofed down, it makes another distillation through the copper pot still with all of the botanicals hanging inside. These include local, wild juniper berries, guava, lavender, sage, fennel, coriander seeds, angelica root, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, rosemary, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, and peppers. Many of these botanicals are grown or foraged right at his farm, and the gin has beautiful, complex, citrus and floral notes.

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